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About Candy

I have reached the grand old age of 83 now. Until the mid 90’s I was a teacher, then a dealer in antiques and collectables which I loved! When I retired to the seaside I started a website selling antique and vintage games and wooden jigsaw puzzles. Now, I'm spending my time blogging and making oil paintings as well as looking after my very spoiled dog, Lola.

Who else has Aphantasia? Probably not you!

I was standing in the field which surrounded the school I was working in with two of the fifteen year old girls I had been teaching. I think I had asked them to remember my earlier instructions or some such … Continue reading

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Pop-up subscriptions

This isn’t a blog post, just a quick message to anyone who subscribed via a pop-up on the site earlier today. As there were various problems with that pop-up, I have removed it. If you still want to subscribe there … Continue reading

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A good night’s sleep

For the first fifty five years of my life I had no idea what people meant when they said they had trouble sleeping. Whatever I had done during the day – sat around watching tv with my family because there … Continue reading

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The day I realised I was getting old

It was a Tuesday in, I think, May, 2006. The plumber, Colin, was here working in our downstairs loo which was also the only bathroom in the house at the time. I was sitting on the settee in the living … Continue reading

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About me

I am an 81 year old American woman who has lived in the UK for over 65 of those years, married to an Englishman with one daughter and one grand-daughter. My family in America (half-siblings, cousins and one uncle) are scattered … Continue reading

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First blog post

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